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'Like a cartel': Trump wields 'secret weapon' in latest culture war front

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The Trump administration is opening a new front in its effort to reshape higher education. The Education Department is moving to strip the American Bar Association of its authority to accredit law schools nationwide, escalating a long-running feud between the administration and the ABA, which the White House has accused of pushing a progressive agenda, including diversity, equity and inclusion policies at law schools, reported the Wall Street Journal . The ABA accredits nearly 200 law schools and serves as the profession's gatekeeper, because accreditation is required for schools to access federal student-loan funding, and in most states, graduates of non-accredited law schools cannot sit for the bar exam. Losing that authority would be a significant blow to the organization's influence over legal education. The Education Department's push is backed by a nearly 500-page report, more than a year in development, arguing the ABA's accrediting arm lacks sufficient independence from the leg